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Cantos Cautivos: Online Archive of Songs of Political Captivity in Pinochet’s Chile

Katia Chornik

Leonardo Music Journal, December 2015, The MIT Press

DOI: 10.1162/lmj_a_00949

What is it about?

Cantos Cautivos (Captive Songs) is a recently launched online archive of songs created, performed and listened to in the context of political detention and torture in Pinochet’s Chile (1973–1990). This article contextualizes the project, provides an overview of the archive’s current materials, outlines a selection of challenges, and highlights its contributions of music, accounts and documentation.